Improvement in umbrella-runners



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ATRN'r rinca-c ADAM eooD,"oF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AssreNoRoFONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN J .`SMITH.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-RUNNERS.

Specification' forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,6l5.. VdatedFebruary 20, 1877; application filed December 11, 1876 i 4the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved runner for umbrella-handles; and itconsists of a novel arrangement for connecting the ends of the wirebraces, which spread and strain the ribs of the umbrella, when theumbrella is open, with the Lipper end of the runner, so that they can beeasily attached to or de- Beferring to the accompanying drawing, let Arepresent an umbrella-handle, and B the runner or tube, to the vupperend of which the brace or straining wires e e are attached.

To make this ruimer I take a tube of the desired length and diameter,and secure a ange,f, around it at a short distance from its upper end. Ithen construct a ring, g, with a groove, fi, on its under side,'and asmany notches or slots, O, as there are bracing-wires to be attached tothe runner.

The ring g is made ot' the proper size to t o'ver the upper end of thetube B, and rest upon the flangef. I then upset or turn the upper edgeof the tube outward, so as to conhne the ring` in place, but allow it torotate, when moved by hand. The slots or notches O extend only partiallyacross the ring, but sufficiently far to pass across the groove z' onits under side.

At a single point in the circumference of the flangefI make a notch orslot, S, for the purpose hereinafter described.

The lower end of each wire-brace e [Hatten, and through this flattenedportion I place a short piece of wire, t, which will extend out on eachside to serve as trunnions for the end ofthe wire to move upon.

On each side of the notch S in the angef, and in the upper edge of theflange, I make a depression, X, which will, when the ring g is in place,form .a T-shaped passage directly from the outside of the ring-groovet', between the'ring and dange. p This depression or horizontal slot isjust large enough to permit the trunnions or pins t to pass through itinto the grooves and when one of the notches O in the ring is broughtdirectly above and in line with the notch or slot S in the ilange, theflattened portion ofthe wire-brace will be received in the notch in thering. After this, by turning the ring g, the end of the wire will becarried away from the notch in the ange, and thus confined in itsposition.

By turning the ring g so as to bring eachv of the notches in the rimover the Tshaped notch in the iiange, ali ofthe brace-wires can be thusattached to the runner, and by setting the ring so that the notches inthe tlange will be between two of the notches in the ring, the wireswill be locked in place. By the same operation reversed, the wires ma beremoved when desired.

Instead of making the ring movable and the ilange stationary, I can makethe ring stationary 'and the flange movable, and this I shall generallydo, because it would be a cheaper and more convenient plan, Bothdevices, however, accomplish the same purpose,

and operate on the same principle.

This runner. will be both convenient and ornamental, and by its use theowner of an umbrella can easily relax the parts by releasing thebrace-wires, so that any part ofthe umbrella can be readily repaired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The tube or runner B, provided with the stationary iange f, with itsT-shaped notch S, and having the rotating ring g, provided with agroove, t', on its under side, and as many notches O in its rim as thereare Wires to be attached, in combination with the brace wires e, havingthe ends ilattened, and provided with pins t, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

. ADAM GOOD. [L. s.] Witnesses:

FRANK A. BRooKs,

WALTER C. BEATIE.

